'Announce Messi And Havertz' - Chelsea Fans In Meltdown After Lionel Messi Makes 'Decision'

 'Announce Messi and Havertz' - Chelsea fans in meltdown after Lionel Messi makes 'decision'

Lionel Messi has reportedly informed Barcelona he wants to leave the club this summer.

Recent reports claim that the Argentine has asked to leave the La Liga side following their Champions League quarter-final humiliation at the hands of Bayern Munich.

This comes just a month after reports surfaced claiming that Messi was growing frustrated with life at the Camp Nou and wanted a new challenge.

Manchester City and Inter Milan have both been strongly linked with a move for the 33-year-old, who is said to have told the Catalan side on Tuesday evening that he is ready to quit the club.

Chelsea have also been linked with a sensational move for the six-time Ballon d'Or winner, but the Blues are currently concentrating on adding to their squad with the signing of Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Kai Havertz. 

football.london understands that Chelsea are set to meet Leverkusen's £80million valuation of the player with some of the deal being paid for in add-ons.

Chelsea are now looking to finalise an agreement and seal their third major signing of the summer, after the arrivals of Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech. 

Amidst the Havertz news, some Blues supporters took to social media to urge the club to make yet another statement signing - in the shape of Messi.

One fan tweeted: "Announce Havertz, Thiago Silva, Chilwell, Oblak and Messi," whilst another posted: "Chelsea abandon Havertz, let's go get Messi."

Ronald Koeman was confirmed as Barcelona's new manager last week, after Quique Setien was relieved of his duties. 

Speaking after being unveiled at the Camp Nou, Koeman was asked about Messi's future.

"It is a pleasure to have a player like Messi in the team," Koeman told Barcelona's official media channels.

"His qualities will help the team to develop. We can't be compared for our free-kick taking because he has scored so many more than me.

"I was only at Barcelona for six seasons [laughs].

"But it is important to have someone who is good at free-kicks and corners in your team."